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Shilpa fails to appear in court

Shilpa Shetty

Ghaziabad: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and five TV news channel owners on Tuesday failed to appear in a court here in connection with the controversy surrounding her kiss with Hollywood star Richard Gere at a public event.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Beena Chaudhry took note of the fact that the summons were not received by the respondents and deferred the hearing till May 21.

The court had issued the summons to them on May 2 on a PIL by a local lawyer that alleged the kiss was an ``indecent representation of sexual activities'' in a public place. The petition was filed by Rookan Pal Singh, former president of the Ghaziabad Bar Association, on April 17 demanding action against Shetty and the news channels that aired the incident.

Gere had kissed the actress at an AIDS awareness function in New Delhi last month evoking protests by some sections who alleged it to be an affront on the Indian cultural ethos. .

PTI

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